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Army Chief, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani held talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and US Secretary of State John Kerry in Brussels and discussed Afghan reconciliation process, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. The meeting was held in a positive and constructive atmosphere, a Foreign Ministry statement said. “It was emphasized that a peaceful, […]
Pakistan on Friday rejected Afghan presidential spokesman’s claim that it has imposed “pre-conditions” for the peace process in the war-torn country. Aimal Faizi, spokesperson to President Hamid Karzai, said in Kabul that Pakistan has tried to ‘sabotage’ the peace process and put pre-conditions. Faizi also said that Islamabad has asked Afghanistan to cut […]
US Secretary of State, Mr John Kerry, and the army chief, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, have met and discussed ‘reconciliation process in Afghanistan and security issues concerning South Asian Region,’ the military said Monday. “General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Chief of the Army Staff, who is on a scheduled visit to Jordan, met US Secretary […]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Afghan authorities to refuse to give Taliban insurgents immunity from prosecution in return for peace talks. The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said President Hamid Karzai’s Western-backed administration had pledged amnesty for the Taliban if they join a Kabul-backed peace scheme. “Providing immunity from prosecution for genocide, […]
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said the war on terror did not need to be fought in Afghanistan but in the sanctuaries in Pakistan and Afghanistan that were sheltering the Taliban. Speaking to an Indian newspaper, he stated, “I hope that now with the re-election of President Obama, we will be sitting down for […]
Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that the key suspect involved in shooting 15-year-old education activist Malala Yousufzai, Ataullah along with all the others has been arrested by the law enforcement agencies. According to a report published by BBC Urdu, the minister said that Ataullah was arrested along with his fiancée. The report quoting Malik […]
The second trilateral meeting featuring leaders from Pakistan, Afghanistan and United Kingdom reaffirmed their commitment to continue to work for the goals of regional peace, stability and development. The three leaders met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, discussing for the elimination of the scourge of terrorism from the region […]
Terming his maiden visit to Afghanistan as successful, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that the trilateral provided an opportunity to reiterate Islamabad’s obvious support for the political peace and reconciliation process in the region. He further said the meeting with the political leadership of Afghanistan was productive and crucial because it provided a […]
Chairwoman of the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Dianne Feinstein, said that the Taliban could be defeated militarily in Afghanistan but the job was not done, claiming that the insurgents have safe heavens in Pakistan. While interviewing to Fox News, the US Senator claimed that the Taliban still have control more than a third […]
In what appeared to be a quite shocking for the US, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran on Friday resolved to fight out the threat of terrorism, which has plagued the people of the three countries for many years. A joint declaration issued after the summit said the three would not allow any threat emanating from their […]
US will pull back its forces from Afghanistan in 2013, says Leon Panetta Defence Secretary Leon Panetta explained US Administration’s most clear depiction by expressing that USA would pull back its forces out of Afghanistan by the end of next year. He clarified that US and its alliances intend to retreat from Afghanistan in the […]
Backtrack of Afghan President Hamid Karzai Hamid Karzai, Afghan President, has done something which head of states usually do not do, but which is nothing less than tradition for him: withdrawal of remarks he had made previously. Conversely, it was maybe only a matter of time before President Karzai’s feeble knees bowed under the pressure […]
